Sale 6948
London
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9 November 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,195
Estimate
A MUGHAL DARK GREEN JADE LEAF-SHAPED CHAPE 17TH/18TH CENTURY The top carved in openwork with lotus, each side carved in shallow relief with flowers issuing from the curled tip, embellished with gold flowerheads inset with turquoise and rose-quartz, the stone of speckled greenish-black tone 3½ in. (8.7 cm.) long
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Literature
S. Howard Hansford, Jade. Essence of Hills and Streams, London, 1969, no. G9, p. 207.
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